Attachment for barbers&#39; chairs



March 18, 1930. c. w. MOBLEY 1,751,014

ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS Fi1ed Oct. 18, 1928 I N VEN TOR.

C /1. flab/7 I BY ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED stares CHARLESW. MOBLEY, OF BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRSApplication filed October 18, 1928. Serial No. 313,269.

This invention relates to improvements in barbers chairs of that typewhich are provided with displaceable head-rests having an elongatedsupporting standard. The headrest is provided with means for adjustablymounting the same on the back of chair to be used in shaving operations;when the chair is employed in a hair-cutting operation the head-rest isdismounted and placed aside.

The object ofthe present invention-is to provide an attachment mountedon the chair to hold the head-rest when not in use. By employing theattachment the head-rest can be deposited in an out of the way placeconvenient to the barber and the liability of ac cidentally knocking thehead-rest to the floor to its injury is avoided. Means are provided formounting the attachment on an ordinary chair without structural changesin the latter. The attachment and the means for mounting the same aredescribed in detail hereinafter and illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings.

In the drawings, in which similar reference numbersdesignatecorresponding parts,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of part of a barbers chair withthe attachment mounted thereon and thehead-rest positioned in the holderof the attachment; only so much of the chair is shown as is necessary toillustrate the attachment and its use.

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line 22 of Figure 1;

4 Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the holder and anattached bracket art p Figure 4: is a transverse sectional view of theholder, on the line 4-4: of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a detail View, broken away in parts, of a modified form ofthe means for mounting the attachment on the chair seat; and

Figure 6 is a detail view, showing one of the members of the mountingshown in Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 10 designates the annular metalframe of the seat of a barbers chair of well known pattern, pivotallymounted on the pedestal 11. As the pivotal mounting forms no part of thepresent invention, it is only indicated diagrammatically in the drawingsand requires no particular description, The annular seat frame includesa horizontal flat part 12 and a peripheral depending flange 13. The arms(not shown) of the chair are attached to the flat part of the'frame bybolts, such asat 14. This bolt extends through the seat and is held inplace by the nut 15 turned on the lower end of the bolt to abut theunderside of horizontal flat part 12 of the seat. To provide a clamp forthe attachment, the bolt 1% extends below the nut 15 and turned on itsextremity is a second nut 16,the bolt and the two nuts providing theclamping means.

The holder 17 is a casing formed of sheet metal bent to a flattenedtubular shape with the edges [slightly separatedto form a longitudinalslot 18 extending along the casing in one of the flattened sidesthereof. The

holder is provided at one end with a flared mouth 19 and the other endis closed by a cushion 20 held'in place by flanges 21 inwardly turnedfrom the wall of the casing. 'A short distance from the mouth of theholder, a tongue 22 is struck inwardly from the flat tened wall of thecasing opposite to the side having the longitudinal slot 18. In :themounted position of the holder, that side hav-' ing the tongue 22 isuppermost. The means for mounting the holder on a chair seat include atwopart bracket formed of two adj ustably connected angle bars. One ofthese angle bars comprises a long arm 23 and a short arm 243 13116 twoarms being in oblique relation. The long arm 23 of this 7 angle barextends along the'up'per sideof the holder and is attached thereto bythe bolts 25 extending through the longitudinal slots 26 in the arm andthrough circular openings in the adjacent wall of the holder. By meansof nuts 27 on the inner ends of the bolts the arm 23 and the holder canbev clamped together, the slots 26 in the arm permit relative adjustmentof the holder and arm. The elongated arm 23 not'only' forms part of thebracketmember, but also serves to reinforce the tubular holder. In theshort arm'24 of the angle bar is a longitudinal slot 28.

The other or upper angle bar comprises the bar ofthetwo-part bracket tothe yoke plate; {this means the holder is mounted at the secured to thes'eat'by the clamp formedby f the bolt 14 and the nuts 15, and 16. Thelower endof ithe boltseziterids through the amine oi?- the ,upperfangleharf'an'd the arm is clamped between the nuts and 16. set-summer passingthrough the slot 28 in the armQLoi the lower angle bar and turned intothreaded 1 openings of the arm 30 of the upper angle bar hold the twoangle barstogether; means of the slot 28"and the set screwsBl passingtherethrough, the two members of theme-part bracket canbe relativelyadjusted so 'tli-at the mounting fior the holder can befadjustedtoabcorhmddate chair seats of di'fierent patterns.

With the holder mounted as indicated in V iitrext'ends' in-an inclinedposition beneath the chair vseat,"-at one side'otthe'latter.

' The l'e'ngth offthe tubula'r holder'isslight ly q j ard eeef thehead-rest, so that when the standaidisfs hoved into the holder theheadless than the length ofthe supporting standresin prope' jdoesnotstrike the mouth "19 of the iholder. The inclination of the holder issuch 'tha't'the supporting rod slides readily into the-same, l/Vhen thesupporting stand-.7

ard is shoved intoithe holder the inner end otthe standard strikes the"cushion 20 and the shoclrf-is absorbed"therebylq The tongue 422; ro'jeotinginto the'holder guides the suppartin standard so that jrack teethof the teammate-1 not strike thenuts27 asthei;

' standard enters the holder to be injured there} cape of-extra'neous"matter that ina closed holder.

I mounting'the holder on the rear 'part of the.

byL', The slot :18 extending along the under side. of the positionedholder permitsthe es might collect A e As shown-in "Fig.7 1', the holderis mounted on E side of the chair seat, but means are provided, as shownin Figs.- 5 and 6, for

seat Ay-oke plate-33 is secured beneaththe under rearsideo fthe chairseat bythe opposite chair armbolts3e extendingvthrough the openings 35inthe ends of the yoke plate, the

depending flange, means for clamping one of the holder, said angle-baralso having a short arm oblique to the long arm and projecting from theholder adjacent to the receiving end thereof, and means for attachingthe short arm of the angle-bar to the outer'part ofthe chair seat todecline the holder beneath the seat.

bers chair "havin a de'endin' eri' heral "flange, the combination withan elongated tubular holder adapted =to receive the sup-fr portingstandard offal head-rest, of an anglebar ha-VingLa Llong arm attached toand extending longitudinallya considerable length a,

ofthe"-ho'ltler, ?said angle-bar also having a sow short arm oblique tothe long'arin andpro- I 'j'ectin 'from the holder adjacent to there; 7

cei'ving end thereof, and a second angle-bar adapted to fit the innerangle of'the seat and of the arms offthe' second angle-bar to the chairseat-with saidsecond angle-'barfitting the innerangle ofthe chair seatand the dependingflange, and means for attachingfthe other'arm of thesecondangle'bar to the-short armof the first anglebar 'saidangle-barsconstituting a mounting fori osltioningithfe 'holder'beneaththe seat with :itsreceiving end adjacent to theper-iphery of the seatand the holder declined toward'its'other/end.

' V Inan' attachm nt'for'barbers chairs,'the I ecombinati'onwithan'elongatedtub l rholdx er adapted to receive the standard offajh'eadlq f rest, ofanangle bar having anfarmeXtend-Q',

ing along the holder, a bolt extending through the wall 026 the holde'ndthe ad-jlj jacent arm of the angle bar and extending-l into theholder, a tongue projecting into the holder and operating to guide"th eentering standard 7 to "cle ai the inner end of the bolt; and means."for attaching the j other" arm "of the angle b ar to a chair. I

ends'oitheplate being clamped between-the nuts and 37 onlthe lower endso fthebolts 3,4. 7EXtending through the centralopiening 38 of theyoke,plate is the bolt 39 provided with the nut 4E0jfor clamping the upperangle central rear part of the chair seat.

iWhat I claim is q Inan attachment f or the seat ofra barberZs" chair,the combination with an elongatedltubnlar holder adapted to receive thesup- 7 portingstandardof a head-rest, offan'anglee bar-having a longarms-attached to and .exg tendinglongitudinally"aconsiderable-length v"CHARLES MORLEY; i

